Social Unrest Divorce During Pandemic Nearly Doubles
Dr. Matiur Rahman & Shishir Reza :Corona Virus Disease-19 (Covid-19) has made our familiar world unfamiliar in all respects. It has also changed the way...
Editorial
National Budget FY 2021-2022 Finance Minister’s Jugglery (Vhanumoti’s Game)
Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury :Everyone enjoys watching jugglery at street junction, throws money with excitement; but comes back to reality when the show ends and returns...
Big chunk of social safety net budget goes to non-poor
ALTHOUGH the social safety net programmes are meant to stop people from falling below the poverty level, as many as 65 per cent of allocations...
Readers’ Voice
Covid And The New PoorBefore the Covid-19 pandemic, the increment of poverty rate was 1% per year. Now, 4% of the population is becoming poorer...
Monsoon Rains Waterlogging In Dhaka City
The residents of Dhaka are once again facing the threat of severe waterlogging now, as incessant rain has inundated many parts and major roads of...
West Bengal Supremo Mamata Leads To All India Leadership
Now the people of West Bengal have rejected the ruling party in Delhi (BJP) in the recent assembly elections of this Indian province. They voted...
We have hospitals unequipped and no vaccination for Covid patients
Media report on Wednesday said people affected by delta variant of coronavirus in the border districts are rushing to Khulna and Rajshahi Medical College Hospitals...
Bangladesh faces challenges of ageing population
Bangladesh is becoming an ageing society. By 2029, Bangladesh will have 7 per cent of its population aged 65 and above and will turn it...
Ganges Water Sharing Indo-Bangla Treaty Expires In 2026
Jehangir Hussain :The 30-year Ganges Water Sharing Treaty Bangladesh signed with India in 1996 expires in 2026.The treaty, experts think, was signed on inaccurate projection...
Unrealistic budget is always unachievable
THE New Nation reported on Tuesday that businesses and regular taxpayers will remain under extra pressure to fulfil the unachievable revenue target because of unequal...
Railway performs poorly
NEARLY half of the 41 projects under Bangladesh Railway involving around Tk 142,193 crore will have to be revised after the end of the current...
Readers’ Voice
Education Thru’ Online The government of Bangladesh closed all the educational institutions due to covid-19 to control the spread of disease, which is creating a...